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Zetetic Astronomy, by 'Parallax' (pseud. Samuel Birley Rowbotham), [1881], at sacred-texts.com
Account of the Experiment on Old Bedford Bridge, on March 5th, 1870 268
Actual position of the earth in the universe 195
Admiral Coupvent de Bois on the height of ocean waves 222
A great astronomical blunder 330-332
Alternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111
Altitude, how to measure 100
Altitude of the lights at Poolbeg, Holyhead, Dunkerque, Cordonan, the Egerö, Madras, the Nicholson in New Zealand, and on Cape Bonavista 28-30
Analogy in favour of rotundity 300
American aëronaut's account of his ascension from Baltimore 37
Ancient philosopher's attempt to discover the source of the tides 165
Apparent concavity of the earth as seen from a balloon 36
Apparent rising of the water and the sea horizon to the level of the eye 40
Approaching destruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392
Arago, M., on the supposed movement of the earth 320
Arcs of the meridian 241
Arctic winter and summer described 116
Arguments against the earth's rotundity deduced from the apparent enlargement of the sun when rising and setting 129
Atlantic Ocean, survey of the bed of, proof that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54
Atlantic Ocean, table of distances across by the various routes 92
Atmospheric motion 74
Balloon ascents by Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Glashier 38
Balls fired vertically return in the same direction 72
Basil Hall, Captain, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76
Battlefields of Alma, Inkerman, and Magenta 384
Bedford Level, experiments on 11
Bedford Old Bridge, account, of experiment on March 5th, 1870 268
Bessel on invisible stars 150
Bishop Wilkins' suggestion of a new and easy way of travelling 77
Bodies projected from other bodies in motion do not exhibit the same behaviour as when projected from bodies at rest 65-69
Brighton, experiment with clinometer at 60
Calculating eclipses and other phenomena 151
Captain Basil Hall's observations from the summit of Peak Teneriffe 76
Captain Beechy's description of the sun describing a circle upon the Southern horizon 106
Cause of apparent rise of a plane towards the axis of the eye 273
Cause of day and night and summer and winter 111
Cause of solar and lunar eclipses 130
Cause of sunrise and sunset 124
Cause of sun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon-day 128
Cause of ship's hull disappearing before the masthead 201
Cause of tides 158
Cause of the long alternations of light and darkness at the Northern centre 111
Centre of the earth 88
Chemical condition of the earth 180
Chinese remark concerning the earth going round the sun 368
Circumference of the earth, how to ascertain the 89-98
Circumnavigation of a plane 225
Circumnavigation of the globe 224
Clark, Dr. Adam, on reconciling Scriptures with the Newtonian astronomy 370
Clinometer experiment at Brighton 60 Clouds and bubbles in the moon 336
"Collimation," "divergence," and "refraction,"--experiments to show the meaning of 266
Commander Wilkes, U.S.N., on the extreme cold in the Southern region 179
Comparatively recent formation of the earth 77, 377
Continued daylight in the extreme South 290
Copernican system admitted by its author to be an assumption 2
Copernicus and his theory of terrestrial motions 81
Count Strzelechi's experience of the atmosphere at 6000 feet elevation above that of the trade wind 77
Cui Bono? 395
Curvature in statute miles, table of the 10
Datum line, standing order respecting the 56
Day and night, cause of 111
Declination of the Pole star 230
Definition of the word "Tide" 161
Deflection of falling bodies 313
Degree of latitude, measurement of a, by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246
Degree of latitude, measurement of a, by modern nations 246
Degrees of longitude 253
Depth at which calm water is found in great storms 161
Derivation of the term "Zetetic" 1
Description of the sun, as seen at midnight in Norway 107
Desierto las Palmas, light on the 59
Desolation of the low Southern latitudes 2117
Destruction of the earth by fire 177, 199, 392
Diagrams, list of, see commencement of work.
Diameter of the field of vision 202
Diameter of the earth 98
Difference between the theory of rotundity and the results of actual survey 57
Difference in solar and sidereal times 321
Difficulties raised by scientific objectors to Scriptural authority 393
Difficulties which render the theory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158
Dimensions of ocean waves 222
Dipping needle, the 227
"Dip Sector," the 232
Distance from London Bridge to the sea coast at Brighton 102
Distance of the sun, processes of ascertaining the 99-103
Distances across the Atlantic by the various routes 92
Distances which various volcanoes project lava, ashes, and flames 188
Doctrine of earth's rotundity entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57
Doctrine of earth's rotundity interferes with Scripture teachings 358
Downward extent of the "great deep" 190
Dublin Bay, experiment made across 33
Earth a crust, inclosing a mass of fire 186
Earth a floating island 179
Earth a plane, consistent with the plans of the great surveyors and engineers of the day 57
Earth a plane, proved by experiments 9, 243-46
Earth a plane, proved by the hull of a receding ship disappearing before the masthead 212
Earth an immense non-moving circular plane 88
Earth-light 338
Earth no axial or orbital motion 62
Earth's centrifugal force 312
Earth's rotation, an oft-repeated plausible statement in favour of, refuted 78
Earth's rotundity, examination of the so-called "Proofs" of the 201
Earth's supposed orbital motion logically void and non-available 79
Earth's surface, description of the 89
Earth's true form and magnitude 88
Earth's true position in the universe 177
Ebb and flood tides not regularly exact 165
Eclipse (Lunar) of February 27th, 1858, and February 6th, 1860 133
Eclipse (Lunar) a proof of rotundity 300 Eclipse (Lunar), rules to find out all particulars of 154
Eclipse (Lunar), to find the time, duration, and magnitude of 155
Eclipses (Solar and Lunar), cause of 130
Eclipses predicted 152
Eddystone light visible for 14 miles 218
"Edinburgh Review" on the measurement of fixed stars 84
England to Adelaide, distance from 96
Enlargement of the sun's path 326
Equal radiation of light and heat 111
Equinoxes, precession of the 324
Eratosthenes' table of measurement of a degree of latitude 246
Eruptions of various volcanoes 187-188
Erroneous application of perspective 205
Evidence of the Plutonic action and origin of the earth 177
Evidence that the moon is not a reflector of the sun's light 139
Examples of lights being visible at sea which would be impossible upon a globular surface 28-30
Examination of the so-called "Proofs" of the earth's rotundity 201
Examples of the "Zetetic" process 4-5
Expansion and contraction of the sun's path 108
Experiment from the summit of Shooter's Hill to Hampstead Hill showing the difference between the theory of rotundity and the results of actual survey 57
Experiment showing the apparent concavity of the earth 36-38
Experiment suggested by Copernicus for obtaining proof of orbital motion 81
Experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126
Experiment to show manner of the sea's suspension over a region of elemental fire 192
Experiment to test the supposed attraction of the moon upon the waters of the earth 160
Experiment with a grinding-stone, showing that if the earth revolves the atmosphere would revolve in the same direction 73-75
Experiment with metallic tubes showing that the earth has not the slightest degree of orbital motion 79
Experiment with pendulum, by General Sabine 240
Experimental fix 16
Experiments demonstrating the true form of standing water 9-62
Experiments showing that different theodolites give different degrees of horizontal depression below the cross-hair 41-48
Experiments showing that refraction does not account for the elevation of objects seen at a distance of several miles 31-36
Experiments showing that the earth has no motion of rotation 62-87
Experiments with pendulum by M. Foucault 302
Experiments with pendulum in the open air 238
Extraordinary phenomenon attending the eclipse of February 27th, 1858 133
Extraordinary voyage 95
Extremities of the earth bounded by ice and water 177
Faces of the dead 384
Facts and their proofs concerning the real cause of tides 161
Falling bodies, deflection of 313
Figure and dimensions of the earth, General Von Schubert on the 250
Figure of the earth, Von Gumpach on the 241, 243, 250
Fire in the internal parts of the earth 182, 189
Fixed stars, errors in measuring the distance of 84
Formation of the earth, comparatively recent 177
General summary and application 347
General Von Schubert on the dimensions and figure of the earth 250
God's two voices 383
Goose roasting by revolving fire 319
Great circle sailing 279
Great Ship Canal at Suez furnishes an instance of entire discrepancy between the theory of the earth's rotundity and the results of practical engineering 53
Great surveys made on the principle of a horizontal datum line 56
Gunnery experiments showing that motion in the earth does not exist 66-72
Heaven and Hell 386-389
Height of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168
Heliostat, Lieut-Colonel Portlock and the 59
Herschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on invisible moons in the firmament 149
Herschel, Sir J. W. F., Bart., on the parallax of certain stars 83
Horizontal eclipses 131
Hot springs 183
Hounslow Heath, measurement of 248
How the earth is circumnavigated 223
How the sun appears to ascend from the morning horizon to the noon-day position, and thence to descend to the evening horizon 125
How to ascertain the earth's circumference 89-98
How to measure altitude 100
How to prove that a Lunar eclipse by a shadow of the earth is an utter impossibility 132
How to reach New York in a few hours 78
Humboldt on different coloured stars 194
Hydrographic records of high and low tides in different countries 166-168
Icy boundary wall at the earth's circumference 89
Illustration of the law of natural perspective 205-212
Incompressible nature of water 162
Injurious consequences of sleeping in full moonlight 141
Inquiry into the probable duration of the earth 196
Instances that the lowest parts of receding bodies disappear before the highest 214-215
Internal convulsions, the cause of earth's irregular formations 180
Internal parts of the earth still on fire 182
Invisible moons 149
Invisible stars 150
Irregularity of the time of ebb and flood tides 165
Isle of Wight as seen through a theodolite 26
Jugglers' performances prove that motion in the earth does not exist 65
Kepler rejects the Copernican theory 82
Kossuth's, M. Francis, report of the survey of Mont Cenis Tunnel 263
La Place on "Primitive Impulse" 350
Law of natural perspective, illustrations of the 205-212
Length of degrees in various parallels 244
Letter by Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70
Letter from a correspondent in New Zealand relative to the sudden darkness in that region 119
Letter from Mr. Elliott, an American aëronaut, as to the appearance of the earth from the car of a balloon 37
Levelling, quotation from the Encyclopædia Britannica 34
Lieutenant Maury's table of distances across the Atlantic by the various routes (circle sailing) 92
Light and darkness at the northern centre 111
Light of the moon devoid of heat 144
Light, transmission of 223
Lighthouses, altitudes of, at Poolbeg and Holyhead Pier 28
Lighthouses, altitudes of, at Egerö, Dunkerque, Cordonan, Madras, New Zealand and Newfoundland 30
Literal teachings of Old and New Testament concerning the world's destruction plain and unmistakeable 393
"Literary Gazette" on M. Foucault's experiments with the pendulum 302
"Liverpool Mercury" on the supposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304
"London Journal," extract from the, showing that the surface of the earth as seen from a balloon, appeared concave instead of convex 37
Longitude between Adelaide and Sydney, difference of 96
Longitude, degrees of 253
Longitudes at different latitudes, table of 256
Long "sights" 59
Long twilight in northern latitudes 119
Loss of time on sailing westward 228
Lunar eclipse a proof of rotundity 300
Lunar eclipses 130
Magnitude of the earth 88
Magnitude of the sun, moon, and stars comparatively smaller than that of the earth 104
Mayhew's "Great World of London," extract from, showing that the earth appeared concave when seen from the car of a balloon 37
Mean annual temperature of the whole earth at the level of the sea 237
Measurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes, 230 B.C. 246
Measurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246
Measurement of the meridional arc by modern nations 247
Measurements of Hounslow Heath and Salisbury Plain 248
Measuring the distance of fixed stars 84
Measuring the altitude of the Nelson Monument at Great Yarmouth 100
Mont Fréjus, details of the survey of the tunnel under 48
Moonlight devoid of heat 144
Moonlight injurious to the eyesight of those who sleep in its beams 141
Moon, mass of the, according to Lindenau 158
Moon self-luminous 139, 146, 147
Moon, shadows on the 341
Moon transparent 337
Moon's appearance 334
Moon's phases 333
Motion in the earth does not exist 66
Motion of stars north and south 284
Motion of the atmosphere 74
Motion of the surface of the sea 162
Motion of the sun a visible reality 105
Natural law of perspective 206
Neptune, the planet 328
New and easy way of travelling, as suggested by Bishop Wilkins 77
Newtonian theory a prolific source of atheism and irreligion 355
Newtonian theory false in its foundation; irregular, unfair, and illogical in its details 354
New Zealand, the length of the day in 120
Noad, Dr., on the vibrations of pendulums 237
Non-luminous stars 150
Norway, description of the sun at midnight in 107
Observations of Arctic navigators on the sun's motion 106
Observations with the Dip Sector, by Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart. 232
Observations with the telescope on the "Nab" light-ship from Victoria Pier, Portsmouth 217
Occultation of Jupiter by the moon 339
Occultation of the Pleiades by the moon 340
Ocean tides less or greater, according to pressure of atmosphere 164
Ocean waves, on the dimensions of 222
Old Bedford Bridge, account of the experiment on March 5th, 1870 268
Only one material world mentioned in Scripture 374
Orbital motion, experiments showing that the earth is without 62-87
Palmerston (Lord) on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70
"Parallax" and his Teachings 402
Parallax assigned to α Centauri 83
Peculiarity of the climate of New Zealand 121
Peculiar path of the sun, as demonstrated by actual observation 110
Pendulum experiment by M. Foucault, of Paris 302
Pendulum experiments by General Sabine 240
Pendulum vibrations, variability of 235
Perspective, a simple and visible law of, operating to cause sunrise and sunset 124
Perspective, erroneous application of 205
Perspective on the sea 213
Perspective, the law of 203
Phenomena of sunrise and sunset illustrated by placing a light in a tunnel 126
Philosophical teachings of Scripture consistent with those of Zetetic Astronomy. See "Scripture Proofs" in List of Works, &c.
Pilot Balloons 75
Pitch darkness in the Southern whaling grounds 123
Planet Neptune, the 328
Planets, stations and retrogradations of 322
Plausible statement in favour of the earth's rotation, refuted 78
Plurality of worlds an impossibility 358, 361, 382
Polar exploration 177
Pole Star, declination of the 230
Position of the earth in relation to the rest of the universe 189
Position of the earth in the universe 177
Precession of the equinoxes 324
Predicted eclipses 152
Present chemical condition of the earth 177
"Primitive impulse" 350
Probable duration of the earth 196
Professor Airey on Newton's assumption that the earth is fluid, and in shape a spheroid 239
Professor Bessel and the parallax of a star in the constellation of Cygnus 83.
Professor De Morgan on the rotundity of the earth 7
Professor Hunt on God's two voices 383
Professor Oerstead on the deviation of falling bodies from the perpendicular 315
Professor Silliman on the temperature of Artesian wells in Paris 184
Professor Tyndall's experience of lying with his face towards the moon 142
Proof of the constant pressure of the atmosphere on the earth 161
Proof of the fluctuating motion of all floating masses 163-164
Proofs of the irregularity of the times of ebb and flood tides 166
Proof of the peculiar motion of the star "Polaris" 172
Proof that atmospheric air is very elastic 163
Proof that floating masses have a tremulous motion 169
Proof that large lakes are without tide 172
Proof that the earth has a tremulous motion at all times 169
Proof that the tide generally turns a little earlier below than it does above 171
Proof that tides in the extreme South are very small 170
Proof that the velocity of a flood tide increases as it approaches land 164
Proof that the velocity of an ebb tide decreases as it leaves shore 165
Proof that water is incompressible 162
"Punch" on the earth's rotary motion 309
Question of "Parallax," Dr. Lardner, Sir J. W. F. Herschel, Bart., and the "Edinburgh Review," on the 84-85
Radiation of light and heat 111
Railways and earth's centrifugal force 312
Range of the eye 202
Refraction can only exist where the line of sight passes from one medium into another of different density 34
Refraction caused by the earth's atmosphere an inadequate solution to the phenomena of horizontal eclipses 131
Results of experiments made upon sea-going steamers always incompatible with the theory that the earth is a globe 46
Rhumb-line sailing 282
Rise and fall of tide in the South Seas 170
Rising and setting of the sun 129
Rotundity of the earth, examination of the so-called "proofs" of the 201
Rotundity of the earth, Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the 70
Rotundity of the earth, Professor De Morgan on the 7
Rotundity, the doctrine of, entirely ignored in all extensive surveys 57
Sailor's story, a 122
Salisbury Plain, measurement of 248
Scripture teachings respecting the material world literally true (see Scripture proofs in List of Works, &c.) 360-401
Sections of railways give proof that the earth is in reality a plane 47
Shadows on the moon 341
Ship's hull disappearing before the masthead explained 201-221
Shipwreck on the western shores of Scotland 385
Shipwrecks from a false idea of the form and measurement of the earth's surface 259
Simplest method of ascertaining any future eclipse 153
Sir Charles Lyell's remarks on hot springs 183
Sir James Clarke Ross's description of the central regions 178
Sir James Clarke Ross on sailing westward 228
Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., on the parallax of a star in the constellation Cygnus 83
Sir J. F. W. Herschel's observations with the Dip Sector 232
Solar and sidereal times, difference in 321
Solar and lunar eclipses, cause of 130
South Seas, rise and fall of tide in the 170
Southern Cross 287
Sphericity inevitable from semi-fluidity 251
Spherical excess 261
Standing order of the Houses of Lords and Commons on railway operations 56
Standing water, experiments demonstrating the true form of 9
Star "Polaris," how to observe its peculiar motion 172
Stars, non-luminous 150
Stars of varied colours near the Southern Cross 194
Stars, north and south, motion of 284
Stations and distances 276
Stations and retrogradation of planets 322
Strzelechi, Count, on the motion of the higher strata of clouds 76
Subaqueous world of fire below the "foundations of the earth" 192
Sudden disappearance of a vessel on the "Old Bedford" Canal 15
Suez Canal, furnishes an instance of entire discrepancy between the earth's rotundity and the result of practical engineering 53
Summer and winter, cause of 111
Sun appearing larger when rising and setting than at noon day, cause of 128
Sun seen at midnight in Norway, the 107
Sun, simple process of ascertaining the true distance of the 99
Sun, moon, stars, and comets, of comparatively smaller magnitude than the earth 104
Sun and moon two great lights 373
Sun's motion, a visible reality 105
Sun's motion concentric with the polar centre, the 105
Sun's path, expansion and contraction of the 108
Sun's progressive and concentric motion over the earth practically demonstrable 367
Sun's motion recognised in religious and mythological poems of all ages 369
Sun's path, enlargement of the 326
Sunlight and moonlight compared 140
Sunrise and sunset, cause of 124
Supposed manifestation of the rotation of the earth 304
Surface of the earth a plane, logically deduced 45-46
Survey of the tunnel under Mont Fréjus, confirmatory of the earth being a plane 48
Survey of the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, an illustration that the surface of the great waters of the earth is horizontal 54
Table of curvature in statute miles 10
Table of height of tides in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 168
Table of longitudes at different latitudes 256
Table of measurement of a degree of latitude by Eratosthenes 246
Table of measurement of a degree of latitude by modern nations 246, 247
Table of the length of degrees in various parallels 244
Table of the mean annual temperature of the earth at different latitudes 238
Tangential horizon 265
Temperature at the bottom of the deepest coal mine in England 183
Terrestrial motions and the theory of Copernicus 81
Theodolite, experiments with the 17-58
Theodolite tangent 264
Theory defined 1
Theory of the earth's rotundity contradictory 158
Thermometer lower in moonlight than in the shade 143
Tides in the South Seas 170
Tides, the cause of 158
Total lunar eclipses 134-136
Transmission of light 323
True distance of the sun 99
True form and magnitude of the earth 88
True form of standing water, experiments demonstrating the 9-62
True position of the earth in the universe 177
Tunnel experiment to illustrate the phenomenon of the rising and setting of the sun 126
Tunnel under Mont Fréjus 48
Twilight 119
United States Minister's description of the sun at midnight in Norway 107
"Universal solvent," the 361
"Up" and "down," and "above" and "below" 388
Uranus, discovery of 329
Valencia, in Ireland, distance of from the polar centre 96
Valencia, in Ireland, direct distance from, to Cape Town 96
"Vanishing point," the 124, 206
Variability of pendulum vibrations 235
Vasco de Gama's voyage to the South 177
Verrier's, M., great astronomical blunder 330-332
Volcanic action constantly increasing and extending 197, 198
Volcanoes the safety-valves of the earth 185, 186, 187
Von Gumpach on the figure of the earth 241-243, 250
Von Schubert on the figure and dimensions of the earth 250
Voyage extraordinary 95
Ward, the Hon. Mrs., on lunar eclipses 134, 136
"Warrior," H.M.S., regularity of fluctuation in Plymouth Bay 164
Water incompressible 162
Waves, on the dimensions of 222
Welney Bridge and Welche's Dam, experiments between 11
Wesley, Rev. John, on all systems of astronomy 371
What supports the waters? 190
Why a ship's hull disappears before the masthead 201-221
Why Kepler and others reject the Copernican theory 83
Why the earth is not at all times illuminated all over its surface 123
Winter and summer, cause of 111
Works, Newspapers, Periodicals, &c., referred to or quoted from 412
Zetetic and theoretic defined and compared 1
Zetetic, derivation of the term 1
Zetetic evidence that the moon is self-luminous 139
Zetetic inquiry into the downward extent of the "great deep" 190
Zetetic process, examples of 4-5
